Alfredo Salazar Park — Attraction in Lima Metropolitan Area

Parque Alfredo Salazar is named after the famous Peruvian aviator Alfredo Salazar Southwell, who died in a plane crash in 1937 at the age of 24. The weirdest coincidence is that the accident took place during the events associated with the opening of a monument to another illustrious Peruvian (French-Peruvian to be precise) pilot, Jorge Chávez. who died in a plane accident, at the scaringly similar age of 23, and after whom Lima International Airport is named. There is an impressive monument erected to commemorate Alfredo Salazar, shaped as a Latin-American styled eagle. Parque Alfredo Salazar is right in the middle of the area highly popular with tourists, mostly due to the location of Larcomar shopping center (Centro Comercial Larcomar) and JW Marriott hotel. Larcomar is indeed a very modern looking shopping mall, but for what rhyme and reason one would be interested in stopping by (or shopping) at Banana Republic or eating at TGIF? These activities could be successfully carried out at home, both in the US or any other major country. There is nothing authentically Peruvian about Larcomar. Now, a walk on Malecón de la Reserva (the winding road along the cliffs, a sort of elevated boardwalk) offering fantastic views of the Pacific Ocean is nice, but in our opinion, the southern stretch of it (towards Belmond Miraflores Park Hotel) is much nicer and less crowded. Malecón de la Reserva (as many other locations in Lima) is named after the soldiers, mostly newly drafted and inexperienced recruits, or reservists, died in the bloody battles of San Juan and Chorrillos, and Miraflores, during the War of the Pacific, in January 1881. This war, relatively unknown outside of Peru, is still being remembered and re-lived in both Peru and Bolivia, the countries that incurred very serious territorial losses to Chili. The other monument in the park is the cute 'Paddington Bear' gifted to the city of Lima by municipality of London and unveiled in 2016. The statue was designed by the celebrated British writer and actor Stephen Fry. The western side of the park offers monkey bars and other attractions suitable...

Parque Alfredo Salazar, named after the Peruvian aviator and celebrated national hero, Alfredo Salazar Southwell, is one of the many parks along the spectacular Malecon (“boardwalk” in Spanish) of Miraflores, Lima's affluent and picturesque seaside district. The park is nicely landscaped with lawns, garden beds, established trees of different species, including pepper, pine and palms, cobblestone pavement and park benches. There's also a water fountain, children's playground area and Information Kiosk. The park is in a great location directly above and with easy access to the Larcomar shopping and entertainment complex with its many boutiques, cafes, restaurants and theatres etc. The park is also in a great viewing location with, on clear days, spectacular views over the bay of Lima from Chorrillos and Barranco in the south to Callao with its islands in the north.

As well as being named after Alfredo Salazar, there's a monument to his memory in the park. It's a large stylized condor in travertine pink marble and is the work of the Hungarian sculptor...

The park is a historical landmark named after Alfredo Salazar Southwell, a young aviator of the Peruvian Air Force hailed as a national hero 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪

• The field is the site of his plane crash in 1937. While preparing for the national celebration of José Chavez, the plane he piloted had mechanical problems that he ordered his co-pilot to parachute to safety. He flew the troubled plane out of the populated area of Lima, crashing into then an open field on the cliffs of Miraflores Borough, saving hundreds of lives at the expense of his own!

The park was built by Lima City in 1953 to honor Salazar Southwell’s ultimate sacrifice.

Today, the park is a vibrant center of human activity of modern Lima. It is Central Miraflores itself, the focal point of the Malecón with a lovely view of the cliffs and the ocean. The park is the home of the Larcomar commercial and...